Huge 110 year old Abandoned School House w/ Antique Plumbing & Incredible Ceilings

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  • čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
  • This unique old brick school house was built around 1915. Originally built as an elementary school and was a segregated school for whites only which operated until the 1960’s when the Jim Crow laws were banned and segregation ended thankfully. A dark part of American history for sure. When the school was first built it was one of the most grand schools in the area with ornate tin ceilings and the first school in the county to have indoor plumbing. The toilets in the school are straight out of the early 1900’s. Still have the old rivets and original plumbing fixtures. Thanks for watching! Like the video and leave a comment below if you enjoyed! Thank you very much!
    Here’s my video of it from 4 years ago-
    • 105 year old Forgotten...

Komentáře • 279

  • @karenbly3829
    @karenbly3829 Před 5 měsíci +114

    You dont need to leave out history, its all our history. Its your channel. You always honor the homes and places you visit. Your terms and commentary doesnt change the beauty of historical places or history. We should strive to respect and appreciate our own ability to watch and discern.

    • @urbanexploringwithkappy1773
      @urbanexploringwithkappy1773  Před 5 měsíci +45

      I really appreciate that! I always hope it’s evident in my videos that I just want to document these old incredible forgotten places before they are gone! Sometimes I can find more history and I try to share it, whether good or bad! I love all history! Thank you very much for watching and the kind words! :)

    • @BlueButterfly20252
      @BlueButterfly20252 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Thank you Kappy. I’m confused at the “leave out history” comment. I do appreciate your time spent documenting these structures

    • @karenbly3829
      @karenbly3829 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@BlueButterfly20252 ... at the very bottom of the comments is a comment about going woke and history and segregation and things Kappy said. Most people love what he does and enjoy hearing the history of the homes, etc. We are all just stating our opinions... no harm done.

    • @DonariaRegia
      @DonariaRegia Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 That is one well built structure. The students must have enjoyed learning there especially when it was the newest school in the area. Based on the pile of gypsum in the first floor hall and the studs in the nearby classroom, the modification of what must have been the girl's bathroom with a tub, and the oven upstairs it appears someone may have lived there for a time. That small room on the second floor was possibly the principal's office. The front portico is a thing of envy that would be a welcomed addition to many homes today. That building would make a great regional museum, but that would require a tidy sum at this point. Another excellent video and for me an instant favorite.

    • @annbrink3941
      @annbrink3941 Před 5 měsíci +3

      ​@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773your videos are so truly amazing and so is your voice , respect , interest and careful care for the places you explore ❤ Thank you so much - Hugs from Denmark

  • @MLM111
    @MLM111 Před 5 měsíci +80

    Please continue giving ALL the history…I’m tired of people crying about being offended. Beautiful job as always Kappy ❤

    • @Scxoop123
      @Scxoop123 Před 5 měsíci

      Do Jim Crow laws make you uncomfortable?

    • @jennynevins6329
      @jennynevins6329 Před 5 měsíci +8

      What in the world are you blabbering about?
      Lots of horrible things happened in the past.
      My husband’s relatives perished in Buchenwald in a camp. But I appreciate the history and the maintenance of the site as a rememberance.

    • @Polemodrome
      @Polemodrome Před 5 měsíci

      As if the folly of men rubs off on buildings. Damnatio Memoriae in the name of racial reconcialition is an absolute non argument from the ESG fanatics. They're a bunch of rabid fools who always throw the baby along with the bath water. This building just needs a new owner who would convert it into a house full of love. It could be anybody... Yes, even an Afro American, provided he harbors dreams instead of spite!

    • @lisacaron7224
      @lisacaron7224 Před 5 měsíci

      who's gonna be offended? The white folks when he talks about a segregated school house ? They're the reason it was segregated. 🙄

    • @BlueButterfly20252
      @BlueButterfly20252 Před 5 měsíci +4

      We learn from our history. It should always be remembered very bad ideas that never need to resurface again

  • @anncrow3340
    @anncrow3340 Před 5 měsíci +43

    Those classroom closets were actually called coatrooms, sometimes cloakroom, you'd hang your coat up, leave your lunch, and maybe boots, depending on the weather. Growing up in Fairbanks AK, in the 1960s, us girls also had to leave our pants in there, we could only wear them outside, when it was below zero. Yep, I'm that old. Lol. Great video, thanks!

    • @RichieTrashmouthTozier
      @RichieTrashmouthTozier Před 5 měsíci +5

      Very interesting,thank you for sharing with us

    • @shortliner68
      @shortliner68 Před 5 měsíci +5

      We also called them cloakrooms in our old elementary school in Baltimore, which was built in the 1920s. I went there in the 1950s and early '60s, so I'm right up there with you.

  • @janewasson4845
    @janewasson4845 Před 5 měsíci +43

    My grandpa, Dad, older brother and l all went to a school that looks like that one. Guys would slide down the banisters, get caught and smacked, or fall off, and cry. There was a tub in the bathroom in the kindergarten classroom for kids who had "accidents" or fell in mud. It was to be torn down, and a modern elementary built, but the community said no. It was saved, and elementary children are still going there today.Of course, the lead paint and asbestos were removed! Thanks, Kappy!

  • @cathleensteele6808
    @cathleensteele6808 Před 5 měsíci +34

    Wow!! If you had a ton of money this place could be restored as a pretty nice home..

    • @urbanexploringwithkappy1773
      @urbanexploringwithkappy1773  Před 5 měsíci +11

      Would be an awesome home if restored and saved! Nothing like a brick house! Thank you very much for watching!! :)

    • @mikeadcock1592
      @mikeadcock1592 Před 5 měsíci +11

      ​@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773typically, these old brick buildings from this era, the bricks are the main part of the structure. Unlike brick homes of today, where they build the house and then construct a layer of bricks as a form of "siding", the brick walls were constructed first (most of the time, 2 - 3 brick thick), and then the inside was finished out. Much sturdier than modern construction

    • @ShowCat1
      @ShowCat1 Před 5 měsíci +4

      I suspect that all the paint has lead in it. The cost of removing it, I'm guessing, would be a real problem.

  • @donnagagne3813
    @donnagagne3813 Před 5 měsíci +46

    Wow; this place is amazing. Too bad it has set for so long. It would make a nice big house to live in. The bathroom blew me away. I would totally keep that. Thank you for bringing us along Kappy.

    • @lindastepp9842
      @lindastepp9842 Před 5 měsíci +7

      A place where young people were really taught to read, write, and do arithmetic. I saw lots of mud dabbers nest on the one blackboard.

    • @urbanexploringwithkappy1773
      @urbanexploringwithkappy1773  Před 5 měsíci +8

      Thank you so much!! Yes I thought the bathroom was absolutely fascinating!! Really showed how long the place had been empty! Incredible how well the slate roof has held up over the years! Thank you for watching!! :)

    • @jackielong9927
      @jackielong9927 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I thought the same thing! What a nice house❤

  • @annreddy8428
    @annreddy8428 Před 5 měsíci +16

    What a lovely airy place to learn in with all the large windows. Thanks for showing us!

  • @brianandlindafairchild1237
    @brianandlindafairchild1237 Před 5 měsíci +16

    Wish i could visit my old grade school. It was demolished years ago. I can still see it in my mind, but it would be fun to walk through the halls once again before I'm gone.

    • @gingermcgarvey7773
      @gingermcgarvey7773 Před 5 měsíci +5

      Same here. Did give me an idea, though. I'm going to see maybe someone put old photos on the internet. I have a few outside on the fields, but none of the school.

  • @dragon-lf9ow
    @dragon-lf9ow Před 5 měsíci +29

    When I was little I went to a school that was built in the late 1800s now its a museum. It was pretty neat

  • @conniejohnson290
    @conniejohnson290 Před 5 měsíci +17

    When I was twelve years old my parents moved us in an old school house and we renovated it into a three bedroom home. The stage was renovated so it was the master bedroom. It was made to be really nice inside.

  • @kirstensocialbutterfly6025
    @kirstensocialbutterfly6025 Před 5 měsíci +32

    I was raised in a very small town in Texas. The elementary school was built around 1920. The school still stands. But they use it now as the police department.

    • @urbanexploringwithkappy1773
      @urbanexploringwithkappy1773  Před 5 měsíci +6

      Glad it found new life and wasn’t torn down! Always a better option! Thank you very much for watching!! :)

  • @carlashepherd9362
    @carlashepherd9362 Před 5 měsíci +11

    What a cool old school! Too bad it hasn’t been restored! Thanks for sharing Kappy! ❤️👍🤘

  • @christianmccollum1028
    @christianmccollum1028 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Best antique toilets so far. Absolutely Incredible fixtures!

  • @cherylculbertson9414
    @cherylculbertson9414 Před 5 měsíci +11

    Kappy, this school looked so much like the school I attended in the early 50’s. It was first through the fourth grade and was a segregated all white school. Has the same kind of seats you showed. I lived on a mill village and the school was built by the man that owned the mills. He built it for the mill village children to attend.

  • @gSlover4reel
    @gSlover4reel Před 5 měsíci +15

    This was an amazing building. So rare to find these old toilets in such good condition. Keep up the good work Kappy

  • @NativeNYer
    @NativeNYer Před 5 měsíci +18

    That school was awesome! It would make a nice house! Wonder if the train used 2 go by there when the kids were in school? Nice job Kappy as always! B safe out there. Thanx 4 breakfast and a movie now I can start my day😊!

  • @spiralrose
    @spiralrose Před 5 měsíci +2

    It breaks my heart that old historical buildings are left to rot when people are living on the streets or unable to keep shelter over their families.

  • @jared1870
    @jared1870 Před 5 měsíci +12

    A bathtub! Just love those Kappy surprises. You were I thought quite brave to go to the second floor. The first floor looked so rotted I would have skipped the second floor. Thanks once again for another explore of a unique building. It is a shame that they are left to just rot.

  • @kategwynne4658
    @kategwynne4658 Před 5 měsíci +6

    What a beautiful house that would make.

  • @clairefunnell8481
    @clairefunnell8481 Před 5 měsíci +10

    Another jem Kappy. Front the front it looks like somebody's house. Inside is the school. Bathroom is so neat. I've only seen toilets like that a couple of times. Older farmhouses in Ontario Canada. Always bugs me when there are doors locked. It's good that we got to see the other room. Train sounded like it was in the backyard. Excellent explore Kappy. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @tiffanyrose8810
    @tiffanyrose8810 Před 5 měsíci +9

    I would turn this school house into a house because it already has the setting of a house just has to resigned the downstairs to put in a kitchen fixed the staircase up because it beautiful and put in fireplaces everywhere of this place great video kappy.

  • @darlenewood4503
    @darlenewood4503 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Hi Kappy, once again you never seem disappoint us with such grand beauty an this place is absolutely one of my favorites. I was trying to picture the kids sitting in those old chairs an the bathroom toilets were definitely something I've never seen, it truly is so sad to let such a wonderful piece of history fall to the ground but thanks to you we all got to be a little part of it during this video, always enjoy all the beautiful places you take us to, also this was too kool for school ❤

  • @joanneclose7041
    @joanneclose7041 Před 5 měsíci +28

    I think that last room upstairs would have been the library.

    • @DonariaRegia
      @DonariaRegia Před 5 měsíci

      The one with the inset shelves does appear to be that, and the adjoining room with the oven (probably added after the school was closed) may have been for art class based on the two large tables, one having a recessed top.

  • @aliciabruce3330
    @aliciabruce3330 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Wow what an incredible find! I just love this stuff. You do such a great job in documenting. I enjoy the pace, not to fast not too slow. Giving the history is a great added bonus. Thanks Kappy!

  • @malindahenke5724
    @malindahenke5724 Před 5 měsíci +13

    This would be really cool remodeled into a house! Those potties! That sink! Sad how it's been left to rot.

  • @pben4218
    @pben4218 Před 5 měsíci +6

    That was quite a schoolhouse in It's day. Again, it should have been restored! Thanks for the tour!😊

  • @skreekarose3610
    @skreekarose3610 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Excellent video!You can almost hear the children’s voices echoing through that old abandoned schoolhouse. Love the peaceful scenery at the end.

  • @megmills4798
    @megmills4798 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Tin ceilings are so cool

  • @lonwaslien104
    @lonwaslien104 Před 5 měsíci +6

    I noticed the one room on the upper floor had exposed brick walls. A really grand schoolhouse back then and still today. Well done Kappy!

  • @fearlessvic7948
    @fearlessvic7948 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Wow, that was so interesting! I'm amazed it's still the shape it is, for having been abandoned that long. Thanks for sharing Kappy.

  • @SC9750-r3w
    @SC9750-r3w Před 28 dny

    What an intriguing old school. I've always been amazed with old buildings but old schools just captivate me. Well done.

  • @denisewatson5295
    @denisewatson5295 Před 5 měsíci +4

    What a great old school 🏫 house. It could be restored and make a house 🏠 out of it. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊 ❤

  • @ScottPearson-wl4tu
    @ScottPearson-wl4tu Před 5 měsíci +4

    Awesome place thanks for showing this special 🏫 school 🎒 you be blessed 😇👼🙏

  • @ttop64
    @ttop64 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Hi Kappy. I love explorations of old schools . They are so cool. It almost seems to me that room upstairs with the brick walls could have been some sort of small gymnasium that they used for recess and the like if the kids couldn't play outside. We have an old elementary school in our town that a developer made into apartments . There are also a couple of rural schools near by that they did the same thing. Built better than anything new today that's for sure. Looks like you've got some interesting explorations to come.

  • @nancyparrott6541
    @nancyparrott6541 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Now this one i really like, looks more real ! well done

  • @lilliann.003
    @lilliann.003 Před 5 měsíci +6

    so beautiful thanks kappy !

  • @tamieckert4548
    @tamieckert4548 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Dear Kappy for the wonderful road trips, you not only discover different towns that have hollers with back streets that take you near river’s edges but our Country’s galaxy of special places and old buildings, and houses that still dot our Country’s maps👍❣️👌 Years you have put a lot in your videos✅Thanks for sharing this great old school house, and the structure needs help but it’s worth the drive to discover all that you have Thanks for keeping the architectural history alive 💖💖💖❣️

  • @eileenbauer4601
    @eileenbauer4601 Před 5 měsíci +4

    The tanks above the old toilets were fascinating! I’ve never seen anything like that before!

    • @cozmcbkr
      @cozmcbkr Před 5 měsíci +1

      If you watch the European Urbex explorers, that’s the way they made the toilets over there.

    • @user-kp5cr2vq3h
      @user-kp5cr2vq3h Před 5 měsíci +1

      The tanks held the water to flush the toilet.

  • @marmike2001
    @marmike2001 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Hi Kappy I want to say I enjoy watching your videos and especially the old houses, Thank you, and love how you respect each and every one of them. And the old plumbing in this schoolhouse was awesome!!! Thanks again stay safe in your travels.

  • @oldiron1269
    @oldiron1269 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Another great piece of classic architecture well documented!

  • @cwb0051
    @cwb0051 Před 5 měsíci +4

    I Can Imagine, How Loud it Had to have Been, Kids running around laughing, playing, and Of Course Studying, Once a Beautiful, Modern School... Wish it Could be Saved...

  • @cynthiarenfroe8004
    @cynthiarenfroe8004 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Hi Cappy ,, what an interesting old school ,,there were the radiator heaters when I was in grade school sure kept us warm back in the day ,, ahh the memories of my school years ,, I am surprised the windows are not all busted out ,, thanks for the video be careful

  • @brokenglass849
    @brokenglass849 Před 5 měsíci +24

    Those are "Vogal" Frost-Free toilets. They were designed to be able to withstand subfreezing temperatures without sustaining any damage. Someone should salvage them.

    • @urbanexploringwithkappy1773
      @urbanexploringwithkappy1773  Před 5 měsíci +4

      How fascinating are they as old as the school?Thank you for sharing!! Much appreciated! :)

    • @brokenglass849
      @brokenglass849 Před 5 měsíci

      I don't know if they were manufactured before the 1920s, but it's possible they are as old as the school. They were a very new concept at the time. Indoor plumbing was just becoming more affordable to the masses. Flushing toilets were around as early as the 1870s, but were only found in wealthy homes.@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

  • @chipmaster56
    @chipmaster56 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I love seeing these old buildings. If there are any old electrical panels (fuse boxes) and other electrical fixtures, I would love to see close up shots of those as well as plumbing fixtures.

  • @randydaubert4553
    @randydaubert4553 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Love the old schools! And I have never seen water tanks on a toilet like those 2 , crazy.
    Those wooden chairs you saw with the fold down seats were just like the ones we had in the Jr High I went to. It was originally the high school.

  • @WindyTeresa
    @WindyTeresa Před 5 měsíci +1

    This is a great video! I started school in 1960 and so much in this building reminds me of the school I attended-the large windows, the chalkboards(ours were green and the chalk was a light yellow),
    the transoms, and the cloakrooms. The teachers used to call our coats, scarves, jackets, and hats ‘wraps.’ I loved watching this video. As always, I appreciate your kindness as well as your knowledge. I was talking to someone a couple days ago and found our that she loves watching urban exploration videos, too. I told her about what an excellent job you do, gave her your channel’s info, and suggested that she “Check it out!”

  • @jefflawrentz1624
    @jefflawrentz1624 Před 5 měsíci +6

    It’s a shame it’s gotten into such bad shape. It looks like that would have made a really nice community center. Thanks, Kappy!

  • @johnmills34YT
    @johnmills34YT Před 5 měsíci +1

    Those original toilets in the back are cool!

  • @mimig5357
    @mimig5357 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Please tell me this beautiful building will be preserved for future generations!! The Elementary school I attended looked like this. When the new school was built, they turned it into a community center. Full of history!! Thank you for sharing!! ❤❤❤

  • @BrianSterowski
    @BrianSterowski Před 5 měsíci +1

    I filmed this place many years ago and it’s crazy how much worse it looks now. Enjoyed seeing it again! Thanks for sharing!

  • @jenwatson5539
    @jenwatson5539 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I’m really stumped about those rooms with bars on the windows! As another viewer said I think the upstairs room with all the shelving would be a library. And the small room in the middle front of the upstairs could have been an office. Such a lovely building!
    Thank you Kappy!

  • @Bluerose888
    @Bluerose888 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Nice old school. Never saw a bathtub in school before.

    • @urbanexploringwithkappy1773
      @urbanexploringwithkappy1773  Před 5 měsíci

      Yeah that perplexed me! Maybe some strange addition in the 1950’s-1960’s before the school closed down. Would love to hear ideas! Thanks for watching!

  • @jenniferdeleon8954
    @jenniferdeleon8954 Před 5 měsíci +4

    What an amazing school and thank you for the history. You never disappoint Kappy. Thank you!

  • @99999liquid
    @99999liquid Před 5 měsíci +6

    A former friend was a cafeteria lady. The School was giving out old blackboards with beautiful oak trim.

  • @zms8092
    @zms8092 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Wow - very cool! Those are old frost-free Vogel toilets and assuredly original to this school.

  • @joanneclose7041
    @joanneclose7041 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Very cool building! I'd love to have that old sink & toilets refurbished.

  • @riverc3171
    @riverc3171 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Those ceiling tins would go for a pretty penny… this toilet tank were awesome too!

  • @eviehaller8182
    @eviehaller8182 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Great video, Kappy!
    Thanks for taking us along. 😊

  • @user-gb6re9eg3i
    @user-gb6re9eg3i Před 5 měsíci +2

    THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE TOUR! AMAZING, AND SOME ANTIQUES INSIDE TOO!

  • @gaylewilliamson9183
    @gaylewilliamson9183 Před 5 měsíci

    it's a shame someone didn't buy this and fix it up to live in.Love the entrance and all those windows.So Cool.❤️👍🇺🇸

  • @robertmanley7556
    @robertmanley7556 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Yes ALL the history please I love know all about these places !! This would have made a big but beautiful home ....such a shame all those big wonderful windows....and those toilets wow 😳 so old and in such great condition ...shame to let history slip by and time take this once grand and important school away !! Great video as always Kappy !!

  • @nancyweliczko9334
    @nancyweliczko9334 Před 5 měsíci +2

    What a gorgeous old school, I would have loved to have seen it in its heyday.

  • @peggymiller9064
    @peggymiller9064 Před 5 měsíci +2

    A great story from the past!! I wonder if the children had to bring food for their lunches. I imagine there wouldn't be cooks or kitchens in the early 1900's. Thanks, Happy!

  • @susanphoenix74
    @susanphoenix74 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Beautiful rooms! Thx

  • @marleneppaul
    @marleneppaul Před 5 měsíci +3

    I absolutely love the big windows. Another cool place that would have made a beautiful bed and breakfast or home. 😢

  • @debrademedici864
    @debrademedici864 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The rooms are so big !!! Schools are sure build different today !!!! Thanks Kappy !!!

  • @debralavorata546
    @debralavorata546 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Once again a classic video!! Now they make replicas if tin celings fir house renovations, people like that victorian look. Very easy to imagine that school house. in any season,si charming,should have beey renovated and made a historic spot and maybe a school house again, awesome find!!💯👍🏼

  • @user-randi1987
    @user-randi1987 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Great old building, the water tanks for those toilets sure were different than any ive ever seen. Must have been a very nice school, nice big classrooms and lots of natural light. Things that a lot of modern schools dont have. Thr previews look amazing. Thanks, Kappy

  • @vickisawyer7405
    @vickisawyer7405 Před 5 měsíci +1

    This is so cool - way back when I and my friend found an old mining town in the Cascades. Wasn't on the map. The buildings were more than half gone but we found the old school. It still had the desks, wood stove and old chalkboards, even some old chalk pieces. The outhouse was in the back, no toilets. In the main classroom was a big pile of leaves, branches and vines. It stunk! When we left to check out some of the other buildings we met "The Bear". We got in our truck and said goodbye to that little place. Never went back to check out the mines that we could see as we were heading out. Guess the old school made a great bear condo...Thank you for the video Kappy!!

  • @deidreborriello2328
    @deidreborriello2328 Před 5 měsíci

    Love all of the windows and natural light

  • @jimdent351
    @jimdent351 Před 5 měsíci +3

    It's a shame to see that charming old building rot away. It looks very salvageable still.

    • @Ronin.Samurai
      @Ronin.Samurai Před 5 měsíci

      Uh no, that building is not salvageable. It’s obvious it’s having foundation issues, and would be too expensive to possibly fix. I’m actually glad to see this building fall in. It has too much dark history.

    • @jimdent351
      @jimdent351 Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@Ronin.Samurai From what I can tell the foundation and floor systems are independent from each other. The outer walls/building facade would be caving in too if that were the case but the windows, doors, and roof line remain straight and true. The foundation and footings themselves would extend a few feet below grade, but the rotting away flooring is a foot above grade as seen at 5:20. That building is far from falling in on itself
      Another place in the video that also confirms what I say is at 7:25 where you can see the floor separating from the buildings wall. the floor is falling in but the windows are all true. Dark history you say? What's so evil about children getting an education? This dark statement in your reply is only your silly imagination going wild.

    • @Ronin.Samurai
      @Ronin.Samurai Před 5 měsíci

      @@jimdent351 sorry but you are completely wrong. The foundation and floor are not separated/independent of each other. They are clearly one unit. I’m no house expert, but I can tell when a foundation and the floors are separated or not. As for the dark history, if you actually did your homework, and listened to Kappy, you would know this school had segregation, which meant innocent children of a different skin color were separated from those who were white. If you knew anything about segregated schools, you would know black children had the bare minimum, such as out of date school books, broken chairs and lights, little to no heating/air conditioning, school buildings falling apart, etc, while white children had everything and had plenty of money. If you know anything about American history, you would know the horrendous crap people of different skin color had to go through, and still go through today. I’m a fellow white person, and I’m ashamed and embarrassed over the evil things we did to innocent people just because people of different skin color didn’t look and act like us white people. That school, along with the old plantations of the south, and statues condoning the evil American people of the past all need to be taken down, and completely eradicated. The evil crap us white people of America did belong in history books, that’s it.

    • @marxistliberalhater4459
      @marxistliberalhater4459 Před 5 měsíci

      @@Ronin.Samurai The only dark past that building has is the lack of lumens coming from it's light fixtures. It's a school for crying out loud where they taught reading, writing, and arithmetic. He says in the video that it operated during a dark time in history. What does that even mean? Is it because it operated when Europe was at war, or is it because they only taught white children? So because only white children attended class here that the buildings history is dark?
      Right now there's a war in Ukraine, and Israel is at war too. Does that mean we should tear down every operational school in America right now? You're comment is ludicrous IMO.

    • @urbanexploringwithkappy1773
      @urbanexploringwithkappy1773  Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@jimdent351 would absolutely be worth saving!! Such a beautiful building!! Nothing like solid brick walls! The slate is roof has held up amazingly well over the years of neglect as well! Would be awesome if this place found new life! Thank you for watching!! :)

  • @susanbradley2465
    @susanbradley2465 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Thank You Kappy for another beautiful School House video.With alot of work it would make a beautiful new home...

  • @cherylpatrick1386
    @cherylpatrick1386 Před 5 měsíci +1

    It would make a beautiful grand home

  • @SRay-or3nc
    @SRay-or3nc Před 5 měsíci +1

    Such an extraordinary place!!! Old schools do have my heart. Thanks so much for sharing this old beauty! 💯💯💯💯

  • @Bear_58
    @Bear_58 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I went to a school similar to this but it has two wings. One on each side of the main entrance. It too was built in 1915, the same year my father was born. Here's something interesting I'm throwing in for kicks, my father's father, my grandfather was born in 1880... My mother also went to that school (Sanders School, Blue Island Illinois), all of my siblings went there too. Sadly, like this school it was abandoned because of foundation problems that were too expensive to fix. This is such a cool flash back to my childhood. Another awesome adventure Kappy! Thank you 🤠👍🏻❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @elt.214
    @elt.214 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Nice walk through, thanks for sharing. 🙏

  • @julievardy9195
    @julievardy9195 Před 5 měsíci +2

    History is not offensive but it helps to understand the importance of the past and where we come from .

  • @lindaanderson3007
    @lindaanderson3007 Před 5 měsíci +2

    My guess is first upstairs room was a gym looks like a basketball back board on wall. Next might be auditorium then small one office. Then kitchen for lunches last with shelves the library. I agree this would have made a great house if caught in time. Love your explores, videos look forward to them

  • @cecoya
    @cecoya Před 5 měsíci +1

    I remember going to an elementary school like this. Those seats that are all in a row and connected were in the auditorium or the gathering room. This is back when teachers sent you to the principles office to be spanked, yes, spanked if you were bad in school. Life was different back then. Thanks for sharing and have a great day

  • @Chrisss2112
    @Chrisss2112 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I never thought I’d be fascinated by seeing old fashioned toilets, but, here I am 😊. Cool explore Kappy

  • @donnasilver940
    @donnasilver940 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Beautiful

  • @fleendarthemagnificent7372
    @fleendarthemagnificent7372 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I haven't seen gravity tank toilets in decades. Such early types of indoor toilets. Awesome! Please keep showing us American history as it IS!

  • @doncoiner8128
    @doncoiner8128 Před 5 měsíci +2

    You're right, the toilets were very cool looking.

  • @trudirrinhard508
    @trudirrinhard508 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I loved this building and appreciated all you showed us. It looks like it wont last much longer. I wish I could see pictures with the kids in the school!! So cool thanks Kappy!!

  • @ElizabethBattle
    @ElizabethBattle Před 5 měsíci +2

    A pastel? You mean an easel?😅. Great exploration. Those toilets were amazing!

    • @urbanexploringwithkappy1773
      @urbanexploringwithkappy1773  Před 5 měsíci +2

      Yes exactly lol!! A brain dead moment lol! Thank you!! :)

    • @ElizabethBattle
      @ElizabethBattle Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 Lol! That made me laugh. I am a pastel artist and I use an easel so...😅

  • @veronicamorgan8103
    @veronicamorgan8103 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Another most excellent video Kappy!

  • @user-iamRobinV68
    @user-iamRobinV68 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Wow that bathroom was amazing soooooo old. Love this explore!😊😊😊

  • @lisacooper3991
    @lisacooper3991 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I remember goin to ole school houses with wooden floors. The bathroom sure was old style, first time seeing one like that. Kinda reminded me of the old gas tanks use be,at service stations..it would definitely be awesome to turn into a bed and breakfast or nice home. Funny how folks with plenty money don't care bout stuff like this, but ones who can't afford it, wanna do something with ole houses n save em.. thanks for sharin a amazin video.. always look forward to em..

  • @megmills4798
    @megmills4798 Před 5 měsíci +3

    O i love the train‼️💯

  • @TheSwissChalet
    @TheSwissChalet Před 5 měsíci +2

    Those big beautiful windows to let in natural light. Contrast that to the prison environments they have now.

  • @DeborahFlorian-gy6lw
    @DeborahFlorian-gy6lw Před 5 měsíci +2

    It really is unfortunate that Kappy can recognize the smell of vultures, his peculiar occupational hazard! 😮. What a cool old bathroom, don't think I've ever seen toilets quite like those. And it sounded like the train was going to run right through that bathroom! Thanks for another interesting explore!

  • @l.l.2463
    @l.l.2463 Před 5 měsíci +1

    That train made me jump a mile! LOL! I'm guessing that little room at the back of the second floor might have been the office? I agree that this one should have been saved before it started caving in.

  • @timsfordovallove5689
    @timsfordovallove5689 Před 5 měsíci +3

    When you were at the entrance I was imagining all the sounds of the kids moving about before classes began! I assume the upstairs room with all the shelves was the library. Great vid, thks Kappy.

  • @1927su
    @1927su Před 5 měsíci +2

    That sink looking thing in the bathroom is a urinal- I saw one just like it in an old restaurant men’s room. It was so bizarre , but it was the exact same one!

  • @ittybittykittymama7582
    @ittybittykittymama7582 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Hello Kappy. A little note about segregation...my first six years of school, I went to a private school where no black children were allowed. I started public school as a seventh grader, in 1971, the year segregation ended in the State of Florida, where we lived.
    Desegregation came to our school in that sleepy little southern town with a vengeance we children had never seen!
    The black kids had been whipped into a frenzy by the stories their angry parents told and all hell broke loose on the white kids of the junior high and high schools! I was targeted for reasons I still don't understand. I was held down while my waist length, honey blond hair was cut off just above the band that held my ponytail, leaving me crying in the stairwell while the black girls that cut it paraded my hair all through the halls like a trophy before leaving it on the dirt of the playground. Someone found it and brought it to the office. My mama cried over it, washed it and put it away. I felt as if I had been violated!
    There were fistfights just everywhere, as boys tried to protect their sisters or girlfriends from the mobs of black kids looking to hurt somebody.
    Lots of kids were cut with razor blades that could easily be hidden and my cousin, who lived in another county, was shot, but he lived. It was a literal war every single school day! I guess the older white folks had it coming, but we kids were not the ones who did bad things to them. I never figured out why they hated me so badly. I was severely beaten up in the showers after P.E. and never did another day of P.E. My parents got a doctor's excuse for me, as I was so traumatized by what was done to me, I refused to return to that class. I never set foot in a girls' dressing room again, for the next five years. I still had to see those girls every day, though, and it was very difficult. As soon as I graduated, on a Friday, I started packing and by Sunday, I had left town. I never went back.
    By the time we got to ninth grade, tho anger had settled down pretty much, but there was another horror waiting for us. The county decided that all ninth grader students should attend the formerly all black high school, on the other side of town. It was a nightmare! There were bats flying over our heads in our classrooms and big rats were running through the hallways where we had to walk to change classes.
    There were big holes in the rotting floors that you could fall into if you weren't careful, and I made a point of not eating or drinking anything at all during the school day so I wouldn't have to go into the girls' bathroom at school. It was like a medieval torture chamber!
    We were appalled at the conditions the black kids had had to endure every day, just to get an education! Our parents were in an absolute uproar! Before long, there were portable classrooms put in all around the school and all students, black and white, were moved into those, leaving the rats and bats behind.
    There was a lot of discussion about getting all the ninth grade kids rabies shots because of all the bats swooping around our heads, but it was decided it was too expensive to inoculate two hundred or so kids, so nobody got them.
    It was the worst school year ever in the history of our small county! We lived in a very thinly populated area of Florida, just fifty or so miles west of Jacksonville. We had less than two hundred students in 1976, when I graduated from the only high school in the county!
    I'm sure this old school was once very modern, but it looked too much like the bat and rat school to suit me and was very triggering. Now I know I won't sleep tonight!
    I still love you, though, and I appreciate your shining a light on the sins of the South. It was wrong and we children knew it, but we were powerless. Unfortunately, the class of '76 paid the price for our fathers' sins, with our own blood.
    Take good care of yourself, my friend. I hope your world is recovering. Mine is, very slowly. I'm meeting my new dog, Stormy, in a short time, and am looking forward to her coming home to stay. She is a lovely grey with a white blaze in her face and chest. She's nine, so she's over her puppy crazies. I'm not ready to go through that again! I wanted to give an older dog a good home. She's very sweet and a devoted lover of all soft places to sleep. My kinda girl!
    She will give me something to think about and motivate me to get up and go outside, not just play hermit. This has been the longest 15 days of my life! It seems like he's been gone forever! I haven't even gotten his ashes yet! I hope having a dog will help me to snap out of my feeling trapped in a vacuum. My kitties try to do things, but they just sleep and that doesn't help. It will get better, though. It's not been long enough yet. Anyway...

  • @nadinemasteller1089
    @nadinemasteller1089 Před 5 měsíci +1

    This reminds me of the grade school I attended as a child many, many, many years ago. I can imagine classes being paused while trains went by. The small room was the principal's office. The space in font of it was where people waited to see the principal.

    • @urbanexploringwithkappy1773
      @urbanexploringwithkappy1773  Před 5 měsíci +1

      I thought of that in editing! I bet you’re right with the train being so loud! Wonder if they would pause class for a moment haha! Thank you for watching!! :)

  • @deborahsmith7970
    @deborahsmith7970 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I ❤❤ this explore!!! Thank you 😊😊😊

  • @ramonamcnutt954
    @ramonamcnutt954 Před 5 měsíci +2

    My elementary school had a very similar footprint. The small room on the second floor was likely the office ir library.

  • @faeryvixenetc
    @faeryvixenetc Před 5 měsíci +1

    those 9 over 9 windows are fantastic! as are the quarter sawn oak doors! all of that needs to be salvaged! so sad to see it just ROTTING ! It still looks pretty solid, would love to move in and convert it to a home... such lovely light filled rooms!

  • @glenyshanlon5112
    @glenyshanlon5112 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Great old school house with very sad .